Sustainable Development: the contribution of UK Higher Education

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Sustainable Development the contribution of
UK Higher Education

• Dr Andy Johnston
• Head of Education and Learning, Forum for the
  Future

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What will the VC/Principal of a leading
university look like in 10 years time?

1. Social entrepreneurs
2. Societys challenges
3. Innovative solutions
4. Context
5. The education challenge
6. How VC/Principal react?

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Social entrepreneurship

• Identify the pressing problems of society
• and
• provide practical innovative solutions

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• Visionary

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• Determined

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• Innovative

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• The new breed of
• Vice Chancellor ?

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Societys challenges

• Resource depletion
• Wellbeing health and happiness
• The end of party politics
• Globalisation
• Lifestyle and individualisation
• Social inclusion

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Resource use
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The Equity Issue 8020 rule
40000
Switzerland
30000
GDP per capita US
USA
20000
UK
10000
Greece
Mozamibique
Mexico
China
India
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20
60
40
100
80
Poorest 20
Richest 80
World population
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1906, Carroll glacier, Alaska
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2004
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Innovative solutions

• Carbon trading other resource trading?
• Fair trade
• Microgeneration
• Regeneration
• Science Shops
• Green Gown
• THES award

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Context

• Climate change
• Efficiency
• Comprehensive Spending Review
• Business

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The education challenge

• Ever increasing student numbers
• Workforce
• ICT
• Resource costing
• Governance
• Funding
• Marketing

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The education challenge

• Competition
• Students as customers quality
• Research
• International competition
• Business
• Regions
• Communities

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How VCs Principals react?

• Leadership
• Policy alignment
• Partnership
• Externally focused
• Support entrepreneurs and their ideas
• Sell good practice

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The controversial bit

• Increased importance of environmental resources
  leads to mainstreaming

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The controversial bit

• Increased importance of environmental resources
  leads to mainstreaming
• Students and logos on the rise

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The controversial bit

• Increased importance of environmental resources
  leads to mainstreaming
• Students and logos on the rise
• Cities not regions

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The controversial bit

• Increased importance of environmental resources
  leads to mainstreaming
• Students and logos on the rise
• Cities not regions
• Healthy environments for students

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The controversial bit

• Increased importance of environmental resources
  leads to mainstreaming
• Students and logos on the rise
• Cities not regions
• Healthy environments for students
• Privatisation of universities leads to
  marginalisation of environment

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The controversial bit

• Increased importance of environmental resources
  leads to mainstreaming
• Students and logos on the rise
• Cities not regions
• Healthy environments for students
• Privatisation of universities leads to
  marginalisation of environment
• Environment manager is dead long live the CSR
  manager

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How can we help?

• EAUC scaling up good practice
• HEEPI rewarding good practice
• Forum for the Future facilitating good practice

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• Thank you
• Dr Andy Johnston
• www.forumforthefuture.org.uk